Police are searching for a male suspect after a 15-year-old girl said she was sexually assaulted while on a TTC bus in Scarborough.

The girl told police that her and a man were on the same bus travelling south on Victoria Park Avenue at Eglinton Avenue East just before 4 p.m. on March 23.

The suspect has been described as a man with a heavier build between the ages of 45 and 55 with dark-brown medium-length hair and a dark goatee. At the time, he was seen wearing a dark-green jacket with a hood.

A security camera image of the man has been released in an effort to identify him.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-3300 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).