By Ira Dugal, Jayshree P Upadhyay and Scott Murdoch MUMBAI (Reuters) -Indian regulators barred U.S. securities trading company Jane Street from the local market and seized $567 million of its funds, saying an investigation found it manipulated stock indices through positions taken in derivatives.

India’s stock market regulator has temporarily banned Jane Street from dealing securities in the country, accusing the New York-based trading firm of a “sinister scheme” to manipulate derivatives markets.

India’s regulator has temporarily barred Jane Street from accessing the local securities market, dealing a severe hit to the US firm that allegedly made $4.3 billion in trading gains in the South Asian nation in more than two years.