ValueError: Unknown mat file type, version 116, 104 when reading rand_perm_cam.mat file

[chaitrasj]

I am getting the error "ValueError: Unknown mat file type, version 116, 104" when reading the rand_perm_cam.mat file.
The file is present and is downloaded from the official site https://github.com/wuancong/SYSU-MM01/tree/master/evaluation/data_split.
Scipy: 1.4.1
Python 3.7.6
Please let me know if any other info is needed and how to read this mat file and if any other specific configuration/versions are needed for the scipy package?

[chaitrasj]

It seems there was some issue in downloading the file. When I downloaded using wget I was getting this error. When i downloaded fron repo seperately it worked fine.