jQuery/JSON Error "SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character"

I am working on MVC4 and trying to pass values form view to controller using JQuery and JSON. The query is extracting values of checkboxes inside a grid. Following is the code:

<script type="text/javascript">
function DeleteCustomer() {
    var temp = "";
    var id = "";

    if (confirm("Are you sure to delete records?")) {
        $('#myGrid table tr').each(function () {
            if ($(this).find("input[id*='assignChkBx']").length > 0) {
                if ($(this).find("input[id*='assignChkBx']")[0].checked == true) {
                    temp = $(this).find("input[id*='assignChkBx']").val();
                    if (temp != "" || temp != null) {
                        id = id + " " + temp;
                        temp = "";
                    }
                } // End of Loop
            }
        }); //End of each Loop
        $.ajax({
            url: "Customer/DeleteCustomeByID",
            type: "POST",
            contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8',
            dataType: "json",
            data: "{'CustomerID':'" + id + "'}",
            success: function (data) {
                //alert('Records deleted');
                $('#lblMessage').html('Records Deleted');
            },
            error: function (xhr, textStatus, err) {
                alert('Error: ' + err);
                //$('#lblMessage').html(err);
            }
        });
    }
}

My html code is following:

<input type="button" id="btnDelete" value="Delete" title="Delete" onclick="DeleteCustomer()" style="color: Gray" />

@{
    WebGrid grid = new WebGrid(Model, rowsPerPage: 15, ajaxUpdateContainerId: "myGrid");
}
@grid.GetHtml(
    fillEmptyRows: false,
    alternatingRowStyle: "alternate-row",
    headerStyle: "grid-header",
    footerStyle: "grid-footer",
    mode: WebGridPagerModes.All,
    firstText: "<< First",
    previousText: "< Prev",
    nextText: "Next >",
    lastText: "Last >>",
    columns: new[] {
        grid.Column("", format: @<text><input class="check-box" type="checkbox" id="assignChkBx" value="@item.CustomerID" /></text>),
        grid.Column("CustomerID", "CustomerID", canSort: true),
        grid.Column("CompanyName", "Company Name", canSort: true),
        grid.Column("ContactName", "Contact Name", canSort: true),
        grid.Column("Address", "Address", canSort: false),
        grid.Column("City", "City", canSort: true),
        grid.Column("", 
                    header: "Actions",
                    format: @<text>
                    @Html.ActionLink("Edit",   "Edit",   new { id=item.CustomerID} )
                    @Html.ActionLink("Delete", "Delete", new { id=item.CustomerID} )
                    </text>
        )
})

When I click on delete button the jquery mentioned above will take the selected values to the controller. The controller code is written below:

[HttpPost]
    public ActionResult DeleteCustomeByID(string CustomerID)
    {
        Customer customer = new Customer();
        try
        {
            if (ModelState.IsValid)
            {
                string[] values = CustomerID.Split(' ');

                for (int i = 1; i <= values.Length - 1; i++)
                {
                    if (values[i].ToString().Trim() != "" || values[i].ToString() != null)
                    {
                        customer = db.Customers.Find(values[i].ToString());
                        db.Customers.Remove(customer);
                        db.SaveChanges();
                    }
                }
                return RedirectToAction("Index");
            }
            return View(customer); // Error in Model, if any
        }
        catch (DbEntityValidationException dbEx)
        {
            foreach (var validationErrors in dbEx.EntityValidationErrors)
            {
                foreach (var validationError in validationErrors.ValidationErrors)
                {
                    Trace.TraceInformation("Class: {0}, Property: {1}, Error: {2}",
                        validationErrors.Entry.Entity.GetType().FullName,
                        validationError.PropertyName,
                        validationError.ErrorMessage);
                }
            }

            throw new Exception();  // You can also choose to handle the exception here...
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            throw new Exception(ex.Message);
        }
    }

When I click on the delete button, the values go to controller and delete records. But the problem is, after deleting records when it back to controller, I am getting the following error: "SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character" for FireFox, "json parse error unrecognized token '< '" for Safari and "Error: object error." I search various sites and try various solutions. But nothing is working. I am using Northwind db.

Thanks in advance.

Partha