Toronto Police are asking for the public's assistance in an investigation of a sexual assault they say occurred early Friday morning.

Police say that on July 3 between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., a 21-year-old woman was walking in the Bloor St. and Ossington Ave. area when she was forced into a man’s vehicle. She was driven to an undisclosed location and sexually assaulted, police say. She was then driven to the Lansdowne Ave. and Dupont St. area and released. Police say the man fled the area.

The man is described as 40- to 50-years-old with dark-brown skin, about 5-ft.-6-ins. with a thin build and with an East Indian accent. Police say he wears thin-rimmed glasses and was wearing a white dress shirt with a light-blue plaid pattern, blue jeans, white running shoes and a dark blue baseball cap.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (416) 808-7474 or Crime Stoppers at (416) 222-8477.