The leak came to notice after the university received an email alleging that the BTech third-year, second-semester examination paper had been leaked. According to police, the questions had allegedly been shared on 3 July, several days before the examination held on 8 July. Upon receiveing the mail, the varsity immediately launched an investigation into the matter, which revealed that the question paper for ‘Machine Learning for Internet of Things’ was leaked before the examination and shared with students via WhatsApp and an online portal.