A representational image. | Photo Credit: The Hindu A loco pilot who rushed to take his pregnant wife in labour pain to hospital was denied leave by the Southern Railway. According to railway sources, on the night of April 8, Bibin Joseph was manning a goods train bound for Mangaluru in Palghat Division when he received an SOS from his pregnant wife that she had developed labour pain. However, he continued to run the train for about three hours till it reached the destination and completed his duty. After handing over the locomotive to the authorities concerned, he informed the Crew Controller about his wife’s condition and gave a request for leave. Since he was on duty, his mobile was on switch off mode. It was only at a scheduled stop that he noticed that his wife was trying to reach him since evening, the sources said. Mr. Joseph took the next train to his native Tiruvalla in Kerala, about 390 km away. His wife was admitted to a private hospital where she delivered a …