A jewellery seller was stunned to find that a rat took away a pack of diamond ear studs and scurried off back into the ceiling of his store. <br /><br />The incident took place on March 2 at a jewellery shop in Patna, Bihar state. The shop's owner Dheeraj Kumar found two diamond ear tops missing from his shop the next day. <br /><br />Initially he believed his shop staff may have had a hand in the disappearance, but was shocked to discover on CCTV footage that it was a stray rat that stole the diamond ear. <br /><br />The jewellery has not been found since. <br /><br />According to the shopkeeper, the rat, which in Hindu religion is the vehicle Ganesh, had stolen the earring to give to Ganesh's mother goddess Parvati for an auspicious occasion.
