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Yevkurov's decision came less than a week after a suicide attack against the police headquarters in Ingushetia's main city Nazran that killed over 20 people and wounded more than 100.
Yevkurov only returned to work on Saturday, two months after the June 22 bomb attack against his motorcade that left him with serious injuries.
"The fight against terror will continue mercilessly against those who do not wish to lay down their arms," he said Saturday on his return.
On Sunday he announced he would return to Moscow until Friday to finish off his treatment, Interfax said.
The next day he is to meet human rights officials in Ingushetia concerned about the rights situation in the Caucasus region.
Yevkurov's return appears to have been hastened by concerns about militant violence in the region after the bomb attack on the police headquarters.
The former paratroop commander was appointed by the Kremlin in 2008 to lead a drive against endemic corruption and increasing militant violence.
He appears to have made a good recovery from the serious head injuries he suffered in the attack.
Islamist group Riyadus Salikhiin, which has roots in Chechnya, has claimed responsibility for both the attack on Yevkurov and last week's strike on the police headquarters.
It has also claimed to have been behind the August 17 disaster at Russia's biggest hydroelectric plant, in which least 69 people died, but which Russian officials insist was an accident.
On Friday, a double suicide bombing killed four police in Chechnya, which neighbours. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said it could have been aimed at killing him at a ceremony to mark his birthday.
Earlier this month, militants broke into the office of Ingushetia's minister of construction and shot him dead as he was starting work.
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Yevkurov only returned to work on Saturday, two months after the June 22 bomb attack against his motorcade that left him with serious injuries.
"The fight against terror will continue mercilessly against those who do not wish to lay down their arms," he said Saturday on his return.
On Sunday he announced he would return to Moscow until Friday to finish off his treatment, Interfax said.
The next day he is to meet human rights officials in Ingushetia concerned about the rights situation in the Caucasus region.
Yevkurov's return appears to have been hastened by concerns about militant violence in the region after the bomb attack on the police headquarters.
The former paratroop commander was appointed by the Kremlin in 2008 to lead a drive against endemic corruption and increasing militant violence.
He appears to have made a good recovery from the serious head injuries he suffered in the attack.
Islamist group Riyadus Salikhiin, which has roots in Chechnya, has claimed responsibility for both the attack on Yevkurov and last week's strike on the police headquarters.
It has also claimed to have been behind the August 17 disaster at Russia's biggest hydroelectric plant, in which least 69 people died, but which Russian officials insist was an accident.
On Friday, a double suicide bombing killed four police in Chechnya, which neighbours. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said it could have been aimed at killing him at a ceremony to mark his birthday.
Earlier this month, militants broke into the office of Ingushetia's minister of construction and shot him dead as he was starting work.
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