MVC Submitting Form Using ActionLink

I am trying to use link to submit a form using the following code:

function deleteItem(formId) {
// submit the form
$("#" + formId).submit();
}

Basically I have a grid and it displays a number of items. Each row has a delete button which deletes the item. I then fire the following function to remove the item from the grid.

function onItemDeleted(name) {
$("#" + name).remove();
}

It works fine when I use a submit button but when I use action link the JavaScript from the controller action is returned as string and not executed.

public JavaScriptResult DeleteItem(string name)
{
var isAjaxRequest = Request.IsAjaxRequest();
_stockService.Delete(name);
var script = String.Format("onItemDeleted('{0}')", name);
return JavaScript(script);
}

And here is the HTML code:........................