"Eduard Kokoity was there, many people saw him," he said.
"I believe we will talk also to him, because he may have valuable information," he said, speaking live at the Ekho Moskvy radio station.
The commission already spoke to 34 officials, he said.
"We have a certain plan of work, so we begin with hostages and witnesses and proceed on," Torshin explained.
"We focus on work with the victims and witnesses, less with officials so far, because they often give evidence that contradicts not only theirs, but also evidence of witnesses and victims," he said. About 600 people have already been spoken to, he emphasized.
When asked, whether the commission will talk to leadership of Russia's law-enforcement and security structures, the chairman said, "Of course, we will. We will gradually reach the very top and there we will ask questions."
At the same time, most of the questions the commission had to top law-enforcers were asked at the parliamentary hearings in the Federation Council, he added.
"I do not want there to be an impression that we substitute or compete with prosecutors. By no means it is so!" Torshin said.
He also reported that the terrorists in Beslan had used some new drugs.
"We have received the answer from the Prosecutor General's Office, they name heroin as the means," he announced. "I am not satisfied with the answer, because it is approximately known how heroin works and how other drugs do. I believe that something completely new was tested there," the Senator pointed out.
According to him, the drug lifted the pain threshold and made the terrorists more enduring. Although some of them were disabled, they were able to fight, he pointed out.
