TORONTO

A musical performer in the city’s Afghan community is accused of extorting a 14-year-old girl into a sexual relationship.

And investigators are concerned there could be more victims.

Toronto Police allege the man sexually assaulted the girl between 2010 and 2011, mostly in Thorncliffe Park but also throughout the city.

“The man used the girl’s cultural restrictions as a means to coerce her into the relationship,” Const. Jenifferjit Sidhu said Thursday.

Abdul Basir Samir, now 41, was arrested March 20.

The Toronto man is charged with extortion, sexual assault, invitation to sexual touching, permitting a person under 16 on premise for a sexual purpose, sexual interference with a person under 16, and publishing defamatory libel.

Investigators released his photo in case there are other victims.

Anyone with information should call police at 416-808-1100 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

chris.doucette@sunmedia.ca